2010 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$8,944,310
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$68,798,600
Entries
7,319
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Williams with the Winner

David Williams
David Williams

We rolled up on this one on the turn with the board showing {7-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{3-Hearts}. A player bet 7,500, and David Williams made the call.

The river was the {2-Hearts}. This time Williams' opponent fired 17,500, and once again Williams called. The 2004 WSOP Main Event runner-up tabled {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}, and it was a winner as his opponent mucked.

Williams is sitting with 83,000 at the moment.

Tags: David Williams

Can't Bluff the Raider

With the board reading {8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}, Steven Burkholder was faced with a bet of 16,300 from his opponent. Burkholder tanked for a bit and then made the call. HIs opponent turned over the {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} and Burkholder tabled the {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}.

Burkholder won the pot with two pair, nines and sixes, and pushed his stack to 135,000 in chips.

Tags: Steven Burkholder

Katchalov Katches Kings

Eugene Katchalov was all in for his last 10k with {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}, and he had to dodge {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}. The {j-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades} flop was safe, and he could breathe easy after the {k-Clubs} turn gave him an unbeatable boat. He still can't breathe that easy, however, as the double up only boosted him to 22k.

Tags: Eugene Katchalov

PokerStars Online Pro Picks Off Bluff

On the flop of {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}{7-Hearts}, one player checked to Grayson Physioc. The Team Online Pro for PokerStars fired a bet and his opponent called.

The turn brought the {3-Diamonds} and both players checked. The river completed the board with the {5-Diamonds} and the first player fired 6,100. Physioc tanked and then made the call.

His opponent tabled the {A-Spades}{6-Spades} for just ace high and Physioc won the hand with the {10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, flopping a flush draw and turning two pair. He's now up to 59,000 in chips.

Tags: Grayson PhysiocPokerStars

Hey Soul(ier) Sister

We picked up the action on the river with a board reading {5-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and about 65,000 in the pot. Fabrice Soulier moved all in for his last 16,000 and was called by the player in the cutoff.

The cutoff showed {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} but was no good against Soulier's {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Soulier took down the pot and doubled to 98,000.

Tags: Fabrice Soulier

Phamboozled

His aces cracked, David Pham has been eliminated
His aces cracked, David Pham has been eliminated

David "The Dragon" Pham had a well below average stack when he opened with a raise to 1,525. An opponent reraised to 4,525, Pham repopped it all in, and his opponent made the call.

Pham tabled {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}, and was hoping to survive against his opponent's {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}. But the board brought a mess of spades -- {10-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{K-Spades}{J-Spades}{7-Spades} -- giving Pham's opponent the flush and sending him railward as we move into the second half of Level 7.

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Karamalikis Flushes Another

Catching the action on the turn, Jonathan Karamalikis had a short-stacked opponent all in on a board of {4-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. His opponent tabled {K-Hearts}{10-Spades} for trips but Karamalikis revealed {6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} for the flush.

The river bricked the {Q-Hearts} and after starting the day with only around 20,000, Karamalikis is now up to a commanding 147,000 chips.

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Feldman Falls Back

Peter Feldman
Peter Feldman

A player under the gun raised to 1,500, and Peter Feldman made the call behind him. The small blind then made it 6,525 to go. The big blind folded, then the original raiser bumped it up again to 19,500.

Feldman -- who had about 100,000 to start the hand -- then declared he was reshoving all in. The small blind got out, but the UTG player called, thereby committing his entire stack of 70,925 to this one.

Feldman turned over {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} while his opponent showed {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}. The board came {7-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades}, and Feldman tumbles all of the way to 28,000.

Tags: Peter Feldman

E-Visser-ated

Ruben Visser got the last of his chips in on an {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop and his opponent in the two seat made the call. Visser's queens were behind his opponent's {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and he didn't find any help on the {J-Hearts} turn. The moment the {10-Spades} hit the river Visser bid a hasty retreat out of the Amazon Room.

Tags: Ruben Visser